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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Heirs of Burat v. Board of Levee Commissioners 496 F.2d 1336 1974 1 United States
Brown v. Memphis & C. R. 7 F. 51 1881 1 United States
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad v. Southern Express Co. 108 U.S. 24 1883 1 United States
Dubuque Fire & Marine Insurance v. Union Compress & Warehouse Co. 143 F. Supp. 128 1956 1 United States
United States v. Enas 204 F.3d 915 2000 1 United States
Buchanan v. Drovers’ Nat. Bank of Chicago 55 F. 223 1893 1 United States
Brown v. United States 233 F. 353 1916 1 United States
In re Ayers 123 U.S. 443 1887 1 United States
Lakedreams v. Taylor 932 F.2d 1103 1991 1 United States
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad v. Commonwealth 115 U.S. 321 1885 1 United States
Clay v. United States 66 F. Supp. 99 1946 1 United States
Bartkus v. Illinois 359 U.S. 121 1959 1 United States
Dillon ex rel. Dillon v. Director, Department of Corrections 552 F. Supp. 30 1982 1 United States
Jenkins v. Smith 38 F. Supp. 2d 417 1999 1 United States
United States v. Siddiqi 959 F.2d 1167 1992 1 United States
Brown University v. Rhode Island College of Agriculture & Mechanic Arts 56 F. 55 1893 1 United States
National American Insurance v. Centra, Inc. 151 F.3d 780 1998 1 United States
Standard Oil Co. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. 59 F. Supp. 470 1945 1 United States
Easton v. Iowa 188 U.S. 220 1903 1 United States
Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Washington ex rel. Atkinson 222 U.S. 370 1912 1 United States